Caribbeana

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IntroductionA Note on the Texts1. Richard LigonFrom A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados (1657) 2. Edmund HickeringillFrom Jamaica Viewed (1661) 3. Thomas TryonFrom Friendly Advice to the Gentlemen-Planters of the East and West Indies (1684) 4. Edward WardA Trip to Jamaica (1698) 5. Anonymous"A Speech Made by a Black of Guardaloupe" (1709) 6. Anonymous"The Speech of Moses Bon Saam" (1735) 7. Robert RobertsonFrom The Speech of Mr. John Talbot Campo-bell (1736) 8. Frances Seymour"The Story of Inkle and Yarico" and "An Epistle from Yarico to Inkle, After he had left her in Slavery" (1738) 9. The "Ingenious Lady" of BarbadosPoems From Caribbeana (1741) 10. James GraingerThe Sugar Cane: A Poem, In Four Books (1764)11. John SingletonFrom A General Description of the West-Indian Islands (1767)12. Francis Williams"Carmen, An Ode," From A History of Jamaica (by Edward Long) (1774)13. AnonymousFrom Jamaica, a Poem, In Three Parts (1777)Notes

Résumé
This anthology collects descriptions, poems, narratives, satires and essays written in and about the British West Indies between 1657 and 1777. It offers period commentaries on slavery, colonialism, gender relations, African and European history, natural history, agriculture and medicine.